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Good Posture

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A lazy and beautiful young woman uses men to make her life easier, until she pushes one too far, forcing her to discover that she can live a better life by taking responsibility for herself.
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Clarisse Loughrey Independent (UK) 10/10/2019
3/5
[Dolly] Wells's strength is in her characters. Go to Full Review
Wendy Ide Observer (UK) 10/06/2019
4/5
Wells's bracingly spiky writing vividly draws both the characters and the connections between them. Go to Full Review
Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard 10/04/2019
3/5
As it happens, nothing much happens. Wells's film, basically, is missing a middle act. Still, if you're willing to overlook that teeny-tiny flaw, you'll emerge feeling stoked. Go to Full Review
Carla Hay Culture Mix 07/11/2020
Good Posture doesn't break any new ground, but the performances in the movie are so watchable, that it's an entertaining ride from beginning to end. Go to Full Review
Karen Krizanovich Radio Times 10/07/2019
4/5
It's a crafty comedy, this: a remarkable debut. Go to Full Review
Nick Hasted The Arts Desk 10/06/2019
3/5
It's affectionately told from inside its particular world, admitting absurdities but essentially forgiving. Go to Full Review
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Ernest B @ErnestB Jul 19 Is it basically the same movie as Stephen Cone's Princess Cyd? Sure. But they're both very good. See more Upasana R Jan 5 Studying an unlikely bond. Youth, comes with angst, unwillingness, irresponsibility. And here is a woman, explicitly reclusive and working each word in some tension, each perfectly intended - and they bond through the only vessel of venting they can bare - words, inane notes. The contrast of a red marker and the ballpoint pen interconnecting. When potential becomes merely a possibility, and you need fire billowing from the right leak rather than the exits you're too comfortable denying. + Zadie Smith talks like music. See more Michelle G 08/25/2024 I really love Emily Mortimer's work, so I really wanted to like this film, but, I have trouble when the main character, in this case, Lillian, isn't at all likeable. Add that there was only 10 minutes left and still no redemption had occurred, which meant that what did take place at the end made little sense and didn't gel with all that had gone before it. I was left feeling a little empty, not certain of the point of the film, and wondering if I'd missed something. See more Jim A 07/07/2024 Couldn’t really stick with it. The protagonist just to unappealing. See more Sal D @JustTheLaw 04/27/2024 Well enough executed story of the awakening of a "lazy oaf." The contrast and interaction between the Lillian and Julia characters, in my mind, needed a little more emphasis to make this film shine more as "Julia" carries the gravitas that would have bumped this up to a 3.5 or 4 star. See more 08/30/2020 Frustrated B, C, D and E plots give birth to a beautifully rounded A plot which reconciles multiple character arcs and then moves on - kinda what would happen if a writer locked themselves away and that chrysalis... oh, right I get it... Dolly Wells' previous work is some sort of pointer to this: she's great and it's great. Yes, they're the indulged meeja creative types in Brooklyn making art about themselves but they don't pretend they aren't, so you can't really throw things at the screen, the privileged oafs. Wonderful soundtrack too, as you'd expect from Wells and Emily Mortimer, which you'd also expect. Zadie Smith's in it and offers the chrysalis metaphor, which is nice. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A lazy and beautiful young woman uses men to make her life easier, until she pushes one too far, forcing her to discover that she can live a better life by taking responsibility for herself.
Director
Dolly Wells
Producer
Jamie Adams, Maggie Monteith
Screenwriter
Dolly Wells
Production Co
Dignity Film Finance, Nefarious Industries, Talland Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 10, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2020
Runtime
1h 31m
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